From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756241AbaIEI5U (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Sep 2014 04:57:20 -0400 Received: from mail.skyhub.de ([78.46.96.112]:37447 "EHLO mail.skyhub.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752447AbaIEI5S (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Sep 2014 04:57:18 -0400 Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2014 10:57:09 +0200 From: Borislav Petkov To: Fenghua Yu Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" , Ingo Molnar , Thomas Gleixner , Henrique de Moraes Holschuh , linux-kernel , x86 Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/microcode: add parameter dis_ucode_ldr in kernel-paramenters.txt Message-ID: <20140905085709.GC11432@nazgul.tnic> References: <1409857626-55464-1-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1409857626-55464-1-git-send-email-fenghua.yu@intel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Sep 04, 2014 at 12:07:06PM -0700, Fenghua Yu wrote: > From: Fenghua Yu > > The kernel parameter dis_ucode_ldr disables early loading microcode from > initrd. The parameter was introduced earlier by Borislave Petkov. My name is Borislav Petkov, without an "e". > This patch adds the explanation for this parameter in > Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt for user convenience. As I said earlier, I don't want to do exactly that because this parameter should be used only to rule out microcode loading causes a problem and not regularly. I know, it doesn't stop people from looking at the code but still. So NAK. -- Regards/Gruss, Boris. --